"I still don't understand why you chose Brockton Bay instead of Angel Grove." Alpha-5 grumbled under his mechanical breath. Angel Grove, California was safe, well it was safer than this cesspool of villainy that Zordon decided to call home. Brockton Bay being located near the ocean only made it worse. Alpha-5 hated water, especially after what happened so many years ago. Sure Angel Grove was located near some dangerous fault lines and had a river running straight through the middle of town, but at least it wasn't near the ocean! Brockton Bay was closer to Canada too. Nothing good ever came out of Canada, just ask Heartbreaker.
"It's the perfect location, Alpha." Zordon's deep voice said. Alpha-5 continued sweeping the floor around the command room. "And it allows us to keep an eye on your sister without her finding out about our existence. Especially since she's taken an interest in the Tinker that the public calls Armsmaster."
Any other city could have allowed them to do that. Big Sister didn't even realize that they were piggybacking off of her programming. It did make Alpha sad though, taking advantage of his sister, but Zordon said that it was for the best. Zordon always knew what to do.
Suddenly, the Command Center's alarm started blazing.
"Aiyiyiyiyi." Alpha exclaimed as he placed his metal hands over where his ears would be, if he had any that is. "What's going on?"
"Bring up the screen." Zordon said softly. Alpha-5 quickly pressed a button bringing up a livestream from the city. Showing a metal man with twin valkyries fighting a dragon.
"It seems that Kaiser is back at it again." The Empire Eighty-Eights leader was battling Lung again, with help from his twin bodyguards. They were barely managing to fight the Metal Dragon, but it seemed that Lung wasn't even trying anymore.
They were destroying a lot of property. How many people would die or get injured in the crossfire? Far too many if you asked Alpha, which no one did. The PRT tried to do their best, but it clearly wasn't enough. Brockton Bay was dying a slow death, and it needed a cure.
"Hm, I believe that it is time that we put our project into action." Zordon said, his blue hologram never flickering. They both had been working on this project for about a decade now. Planning and building the equipment for a new hero team. "Rita has been too quiet lately and that is starting to worry me." The rogue Tinker was last seen in Europe if Alpha's memory was correct. The creator of the Three Blasphemies always claimed that she wanted to get revenge on Zordon for her defeat in the past.
"Oh no."
"Alpha, teleport to us four overbearing and overemotional humans."
"Not that, not teenagers!" Alpha shouted. Teenagers were annoying!
This wasn't going to end well. Alpha already missed his sister.
Taylor really hated going to school. She should have taken the chance to go to Arcadia when she had the chance. School was going to start in a few days, once Winter Break ended. Good thing she managed to find free self defense classes at the local community center. Actual dojos were pretty much out of her budget, and private lessons even more so. She had been taking classes before Winter Break started and her teacher even said that she was a fast learner! She watched plenty of videos on youtube as well and mixed karate with her daily jog.
Thankfully she was practically invisible in the actual class. Sensei Tommy was nice enough to fix her form whenever she had it wrong. He was the only one that actually knew she was there, most likely because it was his job. Silently walking into the makeshift dojo, Taylor made her way towards the back of the room, ready to take her spot.
"It's nice to see everyone here today." Sensei Tommy said once Taylor settled in. Sensei Tommy was a handsome guy in his twenties with long hair that reached his shoulders. Well, pretty would be more accurate than handsome. His fashion taste looked like it came out of Dad's closet from the 90s though with a lot of green. The class size was decent, no more than thirty people, though Taylor wished it was a bit smaller. "We have some new students today."
What? Squinting her eyes to get a better look, her brown eyes widened in shock. Standing next to a pretty blonde and a mousy looking girl with brown hair, was Greg, who was staring at the mousy girl in awe. No! This was supposed to be her escape from school, the one place where she wouldn't have to deal with anyone from the hellhole everyone calls Winslow.
"Say hello to Lisa, Amy and Gregory."
Life was a horrible thing. How could it get any worse?
"Oh hey Taylor!" Greg started waving from his spot near the front of the room, his greasy hair shaking. Life just got a whole lot worse.
"Ok everyone. Today we are going to divide up into groups tournament style." Everyone faced Sensei Tommy as they sat on the floor, the new guys plus Greg still standing near the front. Oh no, Taylor hated these days. She didn't know anyone here. Perhaps sensing the awkwardness in the room, Sensei let out a small laugh. "Don't worry. I'll be assigning the groups so no one gets left out."
"Jason, Trini, Zack, Kimberly, Billy and Rocky will be the first group." That was the popular group. Sensei Tommy always made sure to place them together since they actually went to tournaments. Taylor was torn out of her thoughts when she heard her name. "Hmm. Taylor, could you work with our new members? Show them the basics and all that."
"Sure…" Taylor said after a second to think. She couldn't exactly say no in front of the entire class. Greg was going to be a pain in the ass to deal with, and hopefully the other two weren't as bad as the Trio and their cronies.
"Great! Now everyone get into your groups and begin. I'll be here if anyone needs help."
This was going to be so awkward.
A/N
You thought you were getting Power Rangers in the first chapter? You thought wrong. They'll come in the next chapter. Coming up with the line up took a lot of thinking, but I'm semi-satisfied by it. I just need one more person.
What are your thoughts? Does it need more cheese?
What do you think will happen? I hope everyone enjoys!